ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,335, issued on May 5, was assigned to NINGBO CARELINE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Lifting multifunctional air fryer" was invented by Yichi Zhang (Ningbo, China), Huayuan Pan (Ningbo, China), Rongjie Bai (Ningbo, China) and Jiahe Liang (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is lifting multifunctional air fryer, including machine body, cookware and lifting drive component, wherein the cookware includes at least frying basket and frying pan, and the machine body includes machine head, base, and side plate arranged between the machine head and the base, to define first cooking chamber for accommodating t...